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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



P ARKET, 

THE HORSEMAN'S HAND-BOOK. 

CONTAINING 

A Carefully Prepared Synopsis of the 
Rules and Regulations of the Amer- 
ican Trotting Association, and a 
Vocabulary of Technical 

Terms of the Turf,/^ ^V 

TOGETHKR WITH 

Diagrams of Kite and Reerulation Tracks, Drawn 

to a Scale, and Every Part Minutely 

Described. 



THK NAMES. SEX. COLOK AND RECORDS OF THE VERY FASTEST 
AMERICAN HORSES. 



I5LANK SCORE CARDS FOR READY USE 

And Rule.'i for Markin? and Readin? Them Correctly. 



ALSO FULL IN.STRUCTIONS FOR PLAYINC4 

The New Game of " Parket/ 

Or Speed Trials With Cards. 



(SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED.) 

Published by PARKET COMPANY. 

Grand Rapids. Mich. • ; / ^ V ^ .X 



1892. 



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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year IHU'J. 

By Edwin A. Buklingame, 

In the office of the Librarian of Contrress. at Washington. 



INTRODUCTION. 



TpARKET, The Horsemairs Hand-Book, con- 
^ tains an exhaustive synopsis of the most 
important rules and regulations of the Ameri- 
can Trotting Association, brought down to date; 
a vocabulary of the technical terms of the turf; 
diagrams of both kite and regulation race 
tracks, drawn to a scale, with full descriptions 
of the name, purpose and distances of every 
portion of the same, and the advantages 
claimed for each. Also a dissertation upon 
" ' time ' ' and • ' race ' ' records, with rules for 
settling all disputes arising in reference thereto. 

It contains blank score cards for ready use 
of horsemen, wherein they may keep and pre- 
serve, in convenient form, the entire record of 
all the races they attend during the season. It 
contains, also, a specimen score card, properly 
filled, with correct totals found, and describes 
minutely how to mark, read and find the totals 
of any race. 

Few men, comparatively, who attend races, 
know^ how to fill and read a score card cor- 
rectly under the rules of trotting associations; 



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and but very few ladies know anything about 
it. This book leaves no excuse for any person 
1)eino: io-norant in that regard. 

It also contains full instructions in })laying 
•Parket," the great equestrian game, com- 
bining the fascination of cards with the ex- 
citement of speed trials, which is intended not 
only as a source of amusement, but of educa- 
tion in all that ]iertains to trials of si)eed of 
the best American horses. As a play, ^'Par- 
ket " is simple, and easy to learn, and, as an 
educator, it is constantly impressing u})()n thv 
mind of the ])layer the rules that govern, and 
the technical terms used in speed trials of horses, 
so that one who beeomes accustomed to play 
■'Parket" nuist, of necessity, become familiar 
with the color, sex and fastest time of tlie best 
American liorsi's, which are used in the game. 
In shoi't, all who become familiar with this game 
must and will become familiar with, and inter- 
ested in. real s])eed trials and all that is con- 
nected with the same, except the evils of pool 
selling and gam])ling u|)on horses, all of which 
is carefully excluded from this play. 

To Horsemen and Their Friends. — It will be 
seen at a glance, that, with an intelligent un- 
derstanding of horses, races and rules of the 
turf, by the great masses of the people, many 
of whom do not now know the names and rel- 



ative speed of any horses, the interest in, and 
attendance at speed trials must be vastly 
increased. 

To Players of Cards.— You are aware that pro- 
gressive euchre and pedro have aliorded amuse- 
ment only, having no educational features what- 
ever. ' ' Parket • ' is more simple and easily 
learned than either of the above, alfords greater 
amusement, and is at the same time educating 
the player upon a subject that is constantly 
engaginu' the attention of the people. 

To Wheelmen. — " Parket '' is as well adapted 
to bicyclists with records as to horses. 



RUSH PARK RACE TRACK, Independence, la. 



SCALE 500 FEET TO 




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Rush Park Kite Track. 

This is one of the fastest kite-shaped tracks in the world. 
These tracks are intended to be one-third mile stretches and 
one-third mile turn. It is claimed as the fastest form of a 
track because there is but one turn, and that a long, easy 
one, rendering it nearer a straight mile than can be secured 
by any other arrangement. It is also claimed that by this 
construction every horse except the pole horse would trot a 
shorter mile than on a regulation track. Assuming the sec- 
ond position to be six feet from the pole, it is claimed that 
tiie second horse on a regulation track trots thirty-seven and 
seven-tenths (37.7) feet farther than the pole horse, and that 
on the kite track he only trots twenty-two (22) feet farther, 
saving a distance of fifteen and seven-tenths (15.7) feet; and 
the same ratio to all outside positions. 

The disadvantages are that only a one-mile heat can be 
raced, with a great disadvantage to the spectators who sit 
behind the horses as they go away, and nearly in front as 
they come home, the only fair view of their relative positions 
being when upon the turn at the extreme distance away, 
and as they pass the wire. 

Fast races at Kush Park race track: 

Aug. 24 to 31.— AUerton, t., 2:09)^; Direct, p., 2:06; 
Xancy Hanks, three heats in one day, 2:12, 2:12K, 2:12; etc. 

Description of Track. 

A, judges' stand and starting point, is situated at the 
point of intersection of the home and back stretches, 

B, first distance stand, 300 feet from wire. 

C, second distance stand, 450 feet from wire. 

D, % pole, 3,960 feet from wire. 

E, yi pole, 2,640 feet fron wire. 

F, H pole, 1,320 feet from wire. 

G, G, timers' stands, opposite judges' stand. 

H. H, grand stands, 50 x 300 feet; set 50 feet back from 
track at G. 

I. I, home stretch, 1,559.12 feet long. 

J, turn, 2,161.77 feet long. 



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K, K2, back stretch, 1,559.12 feet long. 

L, scoring stretch, 505 feet long. 

M, grass plot. 

N, inner field. 

O, O, wire. 

P to A is 0S9.5 feet long: (^ to KZ is 557 feet long; Q to 
I is .557 feet long; R to K is 1,114 feet long; Q to E is 557 
feet long; from A to E is 2,2-il) feet; from 11 to 1, or from K 
to K2, 200 feet. 

Track at I, I is 75 fe<t wide; at K. 75 feet wide; at K2, (30 
feet wide; at J, 60 feet wide: at L, 75 feet wide. 

Dotted lines at S, sometimes used for working track. 



COMSTOCK PARK, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

SCALE 500 FEET to I INCH. 

& F. E. Skeels. Regulation and Kite Track 



As laid out by D 

Engineers, Grand Rapids, Michigan 




This is the fastest regulation track in the world. Its fast- 
est time, tifty-one days after it was completed, was made 
by Xelsou, September 18, 1891, exhibition trial; time, 2:10 



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flat, being the fastest time ever made by that horse, or any 
other stallion, on a regulation track. The three fastest con- 
secutive heats in a race ever trotted by stallions was at 
Comstock Park, October 8, 1891, by AUerton; time, 2:141..., 
2:15, 2:16)^. 

The fastest four-heat race ever trotted by stallions was at 
Comstock Park, October 8, 1891, by Xelson and AUerton. 
N^elson won first heat — time, 2:13; AUerton second heat — 
time, 2:14};. AUerton took the two succeeding heats in 2:15 
and 2:163^, winning the race and purse of 310,000. 

Description of Comstock Park Track. 

A, judges' stand and starting point, is situated in the in- 
ner field and close to the pole fence. 

B, first distance stand, situated in the inner field and close 
to the i)ole fence, :bO() feet from wire. 

C, second distance stand, situated in the inner field and 
close to the pole fence, 450 feet from \\\n\ 

D, K pole; distance, 4,020 feet from wire. 

E, ^i pole; distance, :^.9«»0 feet from wire. 

F, ^< pole; distance, :3,:U)0 feet from wire. 

G, 3-2 pole: distance, 2,040 feet from wire. 
H, % pole; distance. 1,980 feet from wire. 
I, H pole; distance, 1,320 feet from wire. 
•T, }'^ pole; distance, COO feet from wire. 

K, timers' stand, situated ()i)posite the judges* stand. 

L, wire stretched between the judges' and timers' stands. 

M, M, home stretch, 1,320 feet long. 

N, First turn, 1,:320 feet long. 

O, O, back stretch, 1,320 feet long. 

P. last turn, l.:«0 feet long. 

Q, grand stand, 5ox:^00, sets 5o feet back at K from track. 

R, inner field, the space included by the inner or i>ole 
fence. 

The mile is measured 3 feet from the pole fence. 

Track at M, M, is TO feet wide; at O, O, 45 feet wide; at P, 
50 feet wide; at X, 00 feet wide. 

N to P is 2,100.34 feet long; M to O is 840.34 feet long; 
from P, at pole fence, to S, 420.17 feet; from N, at pole 
fence, to S, 420.17. 



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SYNOPSIS OF RULES, ETC., 



Oe A^merican 7'rofting- Association. 



Rule 1. Mandate. 

Rules 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 7, 8, 9, relate to entries and entrance 
fees. 

Rule 10. In all purses three or more entries are required, 
and two to start, unless otherwise specified. 

Rules 11, l;i, treat of the eligibility of horses. A horse 
gaining a bar or record of 2:29^.; is and shall remain eligible 
in a 2:30 class, or for horses that have never beaten 2:30, or 
for horses with record no better than 2:30. 

Rule 13. He(iuires an accurate description of each liorse 

Rule 14. The color. 

Rule 15. Sex. 

Rules 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. Names of horses. 

Rules 21, 22. 23, 24, treat of the identification of owner, 
nominator, driver and horse. 

Rile 25. Only one horse of the same owner, etc., can 
start in a race. 

Rule 20. A " walk over" for a purse is only entitled to 
his entrance money and one-half received from the other 
entries for said i)urse. 

Rile 27. Makes all engagements void in case of death 
of horse or owner. If one of two owners is alive the horse 
is held. 

Rule 28. Gives rules of forfeit in all match races. 

Rule 29. In all njatches made to come off over any of 
the associate courses, the parties shall place the amount of 
the match in the hands of the stakeholder one day before 
the event (omitting Sundays) is to come off, at such time and 
place as the cluh. association or proi»rietor, ui)on api)lication, 
may determine, and tlie race shall then become *" play or 
pay. '* 

Rui-E 30 is in regard to purse or money wrongfully 
obtained. 

Riles 31. 32. 33. Fraudulent entries. 

Rules 34, 35. 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42. Regard to protests. 

Rule 43. Xo horse drawn except by permission of 
judges. 

Rule 44. Persons having more than one horse in race 
must elect which shall go. 

Rule 45. Power of members to postpone races for bad 
weather. 

Rules 46, 47. Forbids trotting after dark. 

Rule 48. Every horse starting for purse, sweepstake or 
match, in any trotting or pacing race, shall carry, if to 
wagon or sulky. 150 pounds, the saddle and whip onlv to be 
weighed with the rider. 

Rule 49. Weight, etc. 

Rule 50. Handicaps and miscellaneous weights. 



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Rules 51 and 52. When riders and drivers are over- 
weight. If drivers are overweigiited for fraudulent purpose, 
judges may substitute a (h'iver of suitable \veiglit. If a 
horse has been prejudiced thereby, he shall not be allowed 
to start again, and bets on such horse may be declared otf. 

Rule 53. Length of whips. 

Rule 54. Xoue but judges and starter of the race in pro- 
gress, the clerk of course or secretary, and their assistants, 
shall be allowed on the judges' stand during the pendency 
of the heat, and it shall be deemed a dereliction of duty for 
any nuMuber not to enforce this rule. 

ivULE 55. President of horse associations shall choose or 
authorize the selection of three judges and a starter, if de- 
sired, for the day of the race, etc. 

Rule 5(1. States who are incompetent for judges. 

Rui-E 57. Judges api>oint distance and patrol judges and 
timers, indict tines and jn'iialtics. and may declare ))Ools 
and bets olf, lu) appeal to be allowed from their decision iu 
that respect. 

Rule .58. Distance and patrol judges. See technical 
terms (distance stands). 

Rule 59. Patrol judges are on horseback and are sta- 
tioned at or sent from point to point to report foul driving, 
etc., to the judges. 

Rule »">(). Judges shall be in stand fifteen minutes before 
time for starting a race, and shall weigh the riders or 
drivers, give p<»sition to horses, etc. 

Rule 01. The judges shall ring the bell, or give other 
notice, ten minutes before race is to come otf, and riders or 
drivers must conform to the rule or be subject to a fine, or 
be ruled otf. 

Rule 02. Judges will see that all weights are correct, 
and await reports from distance and patrol judges before 
awarding the heat. 

Rule <"»3. Judges will not consider complaints of fouls 
only from distance or patrol judges, or owner, or rider, or 
driver, or some one authorized, etc. 

Rule 64. If a horse has been "pulled" to "throw" a 
race, a relial)le driver may be substituted: or, if the owner is 
a party to the fraud, he may be tined. or he and his horse 
suspended or expelled, and no such horse shall receive any 
of the purse. 

Rule 05. In scoring, if **go'' is not given at the tap of 
the bell, or other signals given, all the horses turn and jog 
back for a fresh start. (See technical terms. ) 

Rule 00. After the first scoring, judges shall choose one 
of the contending horses to score by. (See "score horse," 
technical terms.) 

Rule 67. Sponging allowed but once in live scoring. 

Rules 08, 09, 70. Minor matters. 

Rule 71. Having the pole (technical terms). When 
horses make a dead heat, they take the same relative posi- 
tion as at the finish of the dead heat. 



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RuLT-: 72. lu comiug out on the home stretch the fore- 
most horse or horses shall keep the position first selected, or 
be liable to be ruled out; and the hindmost horse or horses, 
when there is sufticient room to pass on the inside, or any- 
where on the home-stretch, without interfering with others, 
shall be allowed to do so, and any party interfering to pre- 
vent him or them shall be ruled out. 

liuLES 73, 74. No horse attempting to pass another on 
the home-stretch should at any time cross in front so 
near as to shorten the other's stride, nor swerve, nor ''carry 
him out,"' nor ** sit down " in front of him, nor do any " help- 
inir" which shall impede another horse. 

Kile 75. Such horse may be ruled out. 

Rule 7(). When a horse breaks, his driver shall immedi- 
ately pull him to his gait. If he fails to comply, and his 
horse comes out ahead, the heat will be given to the next 
horse and he shall be set back of all unoffending horses ex- 
cept those distanced or ruled out. 

Rule 77. In addition to rule 70, the horse shall be set 
back twice the distance gained by running, and subject to 
other punishment for running. 

Rn.E 78. Any horse repeatedly breaking, performing at 
a mixed gait, or one different from that prescribed for the 
race, shall be placed after all other horses in the heat not so 
offending, distanced or ruled out; and where more than one 
horse so otfends, the judges shall place them with reference 
to each other as they may desire. 

Rue?: 71>. To assist in determining the matters contained 
in Rules 7(i, 77 and 78. it shall be the duty of one of the 
judges to call out during the iirogress of the race every break 
made, designating, by colors or name, the horse making it, 
and the character of the break, and a judge or assistant shall 
at once note the fact in writing. 

KuEE SO. A iiorse l)reaking at or near the score shall be 
subject to no greater i)enalty than if he broke on any other 
part of the track. 

RuEE 81. In heats, one, two, three or four miles, a horse 
not winning one heat in three shall not start for a fourth, 
unless such Iiorse shall have made a dead !ieat. 

In heats, best three in five, a horse not winning a heat in 
the first five sluill not start for a sixth, unh-ss said horse shall 
have made a dead heat, but horses so ruled out shall have a 
right to a share of the ))urse or premium, according to their 
rank at the close of their last heat. And where ten or more 
horses start in a'race, every horse not ruled out shall have a 
right to compete until the race is completed, subject, how- 
ever, to all other penalties in these Rules. 

Rtles 82, 83, 84. A dead heat, without regard to the 
stage of the race when it occurs, shall be counted in the 
race, and shall be considered a heat which is undecided only 
as between the horses making it, and it shall be considered 
a heat that is lost by all the other horses contending therein; 
and the time made in a dead heat shall constitute a record or 
bar for each horse making such dead heat. 



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Kui.E S3. Whenever two or more horses have to their 
credit a sufficient niunber of dead heats, or heats and dead 
heats, to have terminated the race if sucli dead lieats had 
been won by either of them, only such horses shall start in 
the next heat. 

Rule 84. A horse prevented from starting by Rule 83 
shall not be distanced, but ruled out. and shall be entitled 
to a share of the purse or premium according to his rank at 
the close of his last heat. 

Rules 85, 8(3, ST, Refers to time between heats, etc. 

Rule 88. Horse>< meeting shall pass to the left. 

Rule 89. Horses called for a race shall have the exclu- 
sive right of the course, an<l all other horses shall vacate the 
track at once. 

Rule 00. Relates to time given in case of accident. 

Rule 1)1, Relates to collisions and interferences; gives 
great latitude to the judges. 

Rule *.>4, A horse nuist win a majority of tlie heats 
which are re<iuired by the conditions of the race to be en- 
titled to the purse or stake: but, if a horse shall have dis- 
tanced all competitors in one heat, the race will then be 
concluded, and such horse shall receive the entire purse and 
stakes contended for, unless stipulated otherwise in the pub- 
lished conditions. 

Rule !>5. lielates to premiums awarded. 

Rule SM; and i)7. In deciding the rank of horses other 
than the winner, the horse having W(jn two heats is better 
than those winning one: a horse having a heat better than 
one making a "dead heat:'' a horse having one or two and 
nu\king a dead heat better than one having an eciual number 
of heats but not nuiking a dead heat; a horse having a heat 
or making a dead heat better than a horse that has not won 
a heat or made a dead heat: a horse that has i)een placed 
'•second" one heat better than a horse that has been placed 
"third" any number of heats. 

Rui^E 98. Wlien two or more horses appear eciual in rank 
in the summary of the race, they shall share eiiuaily in the 
award of premiums won by theuL 

Rule 99. CJives rules as to second and tliird money, etc. 

RuLE.s 100, 101, 102. Distances, etc. (See technical terms.) 

Rule 10:5. Horses distanced in the fnst lieat of a race 
shall be e(|ual, but horses that are distanced in any subse- 
(pient heat shall rank, as to each other, in the ■ rder of the 
positions to which they were entitled at the start of the heat 
in which they were distanced. 

Rules 104, 10.5 and 10(5 relate to '• time and its record.'' 

Rule 107. The two leading horses shall be separately 
timed, and the time of the one winning shall only be a record 
or bar. as the case may be, and if the winner is afterward 
ruled out, such record made shall stand as bar or'record. 

Rule 108. In case of dead heat, the time shall constitute 
a record or bar to the horses making it, etc. 

Rule 109. The time shall be taken from the pole horse, 
or from the horse that is selected to score by. 



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Rules 110, 111, 112. Suppression of time is a fraud aud 
punishable. 

Rule 113, Any contest for purse, premium, stake or 
wager, or involving admission fees, on any course, and in 
the presence of a jndge or judges, shall constitute a public 
race. 

Rule 114. A record can only be made in a public place, 
with trot or pace, with two timers, etc. 

Rule 115. Time otherwise taken, at fairs and on any 
track, whether short or not, shall be known as a bar, and 
shall constitute a bar the same as if regularly made over a 
track that was full measurement. 

Rules L1(), 117, US. Any public race at a less distance 
than one mile, and exceeding a half mile, shall be regarded 
as irregular, and time made in any such race shall create a 
bar. 

Rule 117. Time heretofore made on non-association 
tracks shall be records or bars, as the case may be, the same 
as if made over association tracks. 

Rule lis. If it should appear to the Boards of Review 
or Appeal, upon investigation, that any record was fraudu- 
lently obtained, it shall be declared not a record, but a bar. 

Rule 110. Time made under the saddle, on snow or ice, 
as well as time made when two or more horses are harnessed 
together, shall constitute a bar for races of the same charac- 
ter, but shall not be a bar for races of a different character. 

Ri'LE 120. All complaints nnist be made before rider or 
driver dismounts. 

Rules 121 and 122 relate to decorum. 

Rule 12;). Forbids loud shouting, etc., by drivers. 

Rules 124 and 125 relates to '"fouls" and penalty. 

Rules 12(5 and 127 relate to fines. 

Rule 12S. Forbids any compromise of penalties by judges 
or members. 

Rules from 129 to 135, inclusive, relate to suspensions 
and expulsions. 

Rules from 136 to 139, inclusive, relate to right of appeal. 

Rule 140. The age ot a horse shall be reckoned from 
the first day of .January of the year of foaling. 

Rule 141. Equal eligibility of colts and fillies. 

Rule 142. Green liorse. (See technical terms.) 

Rule 143. All races shall be started at 2 o'clock p. m. 
from the 1st day of April to the 15tli day of September, and 
after that date at 1 o'clock p. m. until the season closes, un- 
less otherwise provided. 

Rule 145. Go as they please. (See technical terms.) 

Rule 146. To go "in harness." (See technical terms.) 

Rules 147 and 148 relate to matches against time. 

Rules 149, 150 and 151 relate to horses with engagements- 

Rule 152. Stake. (See technical terms.) 

Rule 153. Guaranteed stake. (See technical terms.) 



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BETTING RULES. 



To G?o\^em Bets on Trotting- and F'aciiiQ Races, 



No. 1. All pools and bets must follow the main stakes, 
purse, or other prize, as awarded by the decision of the 
judges, except in cases where the horse that comes tirst is 
found to be disqualified, or the bets are declared off for fraud 
or collusion. 

No. 2. If the race is postponed, it shall not affect the 
pools or bets that may have been made on it. They shall 
stand until the race comes off, unless the contrary shall be 
agreed on between the parties betting: Provided, the race 
takes i)]ace within five days of the time first named; after 
which time all bets and pools are drawn, unless made play 
or pay. 

No. 3. When any change is made in the conditions of a 
race, all pools and bets made previous to the announcement 
of the change shall be null and void. 

No. 4. When a bet is made on one horse against the field, 
he nnist start or the bet is oft", and the field is what starts 
against him; but there is no field unless one starts against 
him. 

No, .5. In the ])OoIs and betting, the pool stands good for 
all the horses that start in the race; but for those horses that 
do not start the money must be returned to the purchaser. 

No. 6. In races made play or jiay, outside bets are not 
play or pay unless so made by the i)artit\s. 

No. 7. All bets are void ou the decease of either party, 
but in case a horse should die, play or i)ay bets made on him 
stand. 

No. 8. If a bet is made on any number of straight heats, 
and there is a dead heat made, the heats are not straight, 
and the party betting on straiglit heats loses. 

No. 9. If in any case the judges declare a heat null and 
void, it does not affect the bets as in case of a dead heat as to 
winning in straight heats. 

No. 10. When a race is coming off, and a party bets that 
a heat will be made in two minutes and thirty seconds (3:30), 
and they make two thirty (2:30) or less, he would win. If 
he bets they will beat two minutes and thirty seconds (2:30), 
and they make exactly two thirty (2:30), he loses; but if he 
takes two minutes and thirty seconds (2:30) against the field, 
and tiiey make exactly two tliirty (2:30), it is a tie or draw 
bet. All time bets to be decided accoitlingly. 

No. 11. In a double event— where there is no action on 
the first race in order, in conse(iuence of forfeit or other 
cause, the bet is off; but when there is an action on the bet, 
and the party betting on the double event shall have won 
the first, the bet shall then stand as play or pay bet for the 
second event. 

No. 12. If a bet should be made during the contest of a 
heat that a named horse will win that heat, and he makes a 



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dead heat, the bet is drawn, but if, after the liorses have 
passed the score, a party bets that a certain named horse 
lias won the heat, and the judges declare it a dead heat, the 
baclver of the named horse loses. 

No. 1:3. In races between two or more horses of a single 
dash at any distance, which result in a dead heat, it is a 
draw between the horses making the dead heat, and bets be- 
tween them are off; and if it is sweepstakes, the money of 
the beaten horses is to be divided between the horses making 
the dead heat. 

Xo. 14. When a bettor undertakes to place the horses in 
a race, he must give a specified place, as tirst, second, third, 
and so on. The word "last " shall not be construed to mean 
•'fourth and distanced," if four start, but " fourth "' only, 
and so on. A distanced horse must be placed "distanced." 

No. 15. Horses shall be placed in a race and bets decided 
as they are placed in the official record of the day: Pro- 
vided, that where a horse comes in first, and it is afterwards 
found that he was disqualified for fraud, the bets on him. 
shall be null and void, but pool-sellers and stakeholders shall 
not be held responsible for moneys paid by them under the 
decision of the judges of the race. 

No. 15. Bets made during a heat are not determined un- 
til the conclusion of the race, if the heat is not mentioned at 
the time. 

No. 17. Either of the bettors may demand stakes to be 
made, and, on refusal, declare the bet to be void. 

No. 18. Outside bets cannot be declared olf on the course 
unless that place was named for staking the money, and 
then it must be done by filing such declaration in writing 
with the judges, who shall read it from the stand before the 
race commences. 

No. 19. Bets agreed to be paid or received, or bets agreed 
to be made or put up elsewhere than at the place of the race, 
or any other specified place, cannot be declared off on the 
course. 

No. 20. Bets on horses disqualified and not allowed to 
start are void, unless the bets are play or pay. 

No. 21. A bet cannot be transferred without the consent 
of parties to it, except in pools. 

No. 22. When a bet is made on a horse's time, it shall be 
decided by the time made in a public race, he going single 
and carrying his proper weight. 

No. 23. When a horse makes time on a short track, it 
shall not constitute a record for the decision of bets. 

No. 2-1. Horses that are distanced or drawn at the con- 
clusion of a heat, are beaten in the race by those that start 
afterward. A horse that is distanced in a heat is beaten by 
one drawn at the termination of the same heat. 

No. 25. When a man lays odds and intends to take the 
field against a single horse, he must say so, and the other 
party will choose his horse. When a man undertakes to 
name the winiier, whether he bets odds or takes odds, he 
must name some one horse. 



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No. 26. All bets relate to the purse, stake or match, if 
uothiug to the contrary is specified at the time of makiug 
the bet. 

No. 37. Parties wishing all the liorses to start for a bet, 
must so name it at the time the bet is made. 

No. 28. When the judge declares a heat null and void, 
all bets on that heat shall stand for decision on the next 
heat. 

No. 29. All pools and bets shall be governed and decided 
by these rules, unless a stipulation to the contrary shall be 
agreed upon by the parties betting. 

No. 30. Should any contingencies occur not provided for 
by these rules, the judges of the day shall decide them. 

No. 31. When a horse which has not been sold in the 
pools wins the race, the best horse in the pools wins the 
money. 



THE NEW STANDARDS. 

Adopted at the meeting of the American Trotting Regis- 
ter Association, at Chicago, April (>, 1892. 

RULES ADMITTIXCi TO TROTTING STANDARD. 

1. Any trotting stallion that has a record of 2:30 or bet- 
ter; provided any of his get has a record of 2:35 trotting or 
better; or provided his sire or dam is already a standard 
trotting animal. 

2. Any mare or gelding that has a trotting record of 2 :30 
or better. 

3. Any horse that is the sire of two trotters with records 
of 2:30 or better. 

4. Any horse that is the sire of one trotter with a record 
of 2:30 or better; provided he has either of the following ad- 
ditional qualifications: (1) A trotting record of 2::i5 or bet- 
ter; (2) is the sire of two otlier animals with trotting records 
of 2::35; (3) has a sire or dam that is already a standard 
trotting animal. 

5. Any mare that has produced a trotter with a record of 
2:30. 

6. The progeny of a standard trotting horse when out of 
a standard trotting mare. 

7. The female progeny of a standard trotting horse when 
out of a mare by standard trotting horse. 

8. The female progeny of a standard trotting liorse when 
out of a mare whose dam is a standard trotting nuire. 

9. Any mare that has a trotting record of 2:35 or better, 
whose sire or dam is a standard trotting animal. 

RULES ADMITTING TO PACING STANDARD. 

1. Any pacing stallion that has a record of 2:25 or better; 
provided any of his get has a record of 2:30 pacing or better; 
or provided his sire or dam is already a standard i)acing 
animal. 



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2. Auy mare or gelding that has a pacing record of 2:25 
or better. 

3. Any liorse tliat is the sire of two pacers with records 
of 2:25. 

4. Any horse that is the sire of one pacer with a record 
of 2:25 or better: provided he has eitlier of the following ad- 
ditional qualifications: (1) A pacing record of 2:;30 or better: 
(2) is the sire of two other animals with pacing records of 
2:30: (3) has a sire or dam that is already a standard pacing 
animal. 

5. Any mare that has produced a pacer with a record of 
2:25 or better. 

(). The progeny of a standard pacing horse when out of a 
standard pacing mare. 

T. The female progeny of a standard pacing horse when 
out of a mare by a standard pacing horse. 

8. The female progeny of a standard pacing horse when 
out of a mare whose dam is a standard pacing mare. 

0. Any mare that has a pacing record of 2:30 or better 
whose sire or dam is a standard pacing animal. 

10. The progeny of a standard trotting liorse, out of a 
standard pacing mare, or of a standard pacing horse, out of 
a standard trotting mare. 



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TECHNICAL TERMS OF THE TURF. 



Age — Is reckoned from 1st of eJanuary in 
year he is foaled. 

Arena — (see Parket.) 

Bar, a — Where a race is irreaidar, or when 
the record is fraudulently o))tained. the horse 
will not be iriven a record, Init will he barred 
from a similar race. (See rules 11 o, lU). 117. 
lis and llt».) 

Break — To run, to go above the race aait. 

Carrvin<t Ott — Crowdinii' a contestant out 
of })osition. 

Cextekfieij) — (see Intield. i 

Dead Heat — Horses coming home even. 

Distance Stands — Fixed points on the home 
stretch for the distance flagman. When, com- 
ing home in a heat, the forwai'd horse's muzzle 
is cNcn with the wiic, thi' starter (h"()})s his Hag: 
the distance Hagman then (h'ops his flag. Any 
horse not at the wire or between these Hags 
when theycb'op is distanced — that is, he is shut 
out of the race. The tii-st distance stand, .*]()() 
feet from the wire (see cuti, is use(l in a tield 
of eight or less horses. The second distance 
stand, -loO feet from the wire, is used in a Held 
of more than eight horses. 

Field of Horses — All the horses taking 
l)art in a heat or race. 

Flat — Even seconds, without fractions. 

^'Gol'' — The word used by the starter in 
*' sending oH" the horses in a heat. 

Go AS TnEV Please — Either to wagon, sulky 
or horseback. 

Go IN Harness — Means horse and sulky 
to go. 



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Grand Stand — A covered amphitheatre to 
accommodate spectators. 

Green Horse — One that never raced. 

Handicap, A — Is a race for which the 
horses are weighed, according to their merits 
in the estimation of the handicapper, for the 
purpose of equalizing their chances of winning. 

Handicap, A Free — Is one in which no lia- 
bility is incurred for entrance mone}^, stake or 
forfeit until acceptance of the weight allotted, 
either by direct acce})tance or through omission 
to declare out. 

Heat — Once around a one-mile track in 
a trotting or pacing race. 

Home — The wire. (See cut of tracks.) 

Home Stretch (proper) — The track from 
the last to the first turn. 

Home Stretch (in a race)— The track from 
the last turn to the wire. 

Horse — Includes stallions, mares and geld- 
ings. In our list of fastest horses it means 
stallions only, as B. H., means bay stallion. 

Hurdle Race — A race ill which artificial 
barriers, in the shai)e of hurdles, must be leaped. 

Infield or Centerfii:ld — Si)ace inclosed 
by the pole fence. 

Jockeying — Trvine; to <>-et an unfair ad- 
vantage in a race. 

Judges — Persons selected to settle all contro- 
versies appertaining to races, except as to the 
time of the horses. (See, also, starter, dis- 
tance and patrol judges.) 

Ji'D(rES, Distance — (See distance stands, 
tiagman. ) 

JuD(iES, Patrol — Mounted; to patrol the 
track and prevent frauds. (See rule 59.) 



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Judges' Stand — Stand for judges and 
"starter judge." 

Judge, Starter — The person in the judges' 
stand who, by the word "Go I" gives the 
horses their send-off, or rings them back when 
not fairly started, names the score horse when 
necessary, signals the flagman at the distance 
stand when to drop his flag, etc. 

Length — The length of the foremost horse 
and his sulky; as "a length ahead,'" "winning 
by a length, ' ' etc. 

Maiden — Is a horse that never won a race. 

Neck — The length of the neck of the fore- 
most horse; as " a neck ahead, " " winning by 
a neck," etc. 

Neck and Neck — Horses are neck and neck 
when exactly even while racing. 

Paddock — Inclosed space in which to turn 
out horses near the stables; sometimes applied 
to " infleld.'' 

Parket or Arena — The uncovered inclosed 
space between the grand stand and the track. 

Play or Pay — Either race or forfeit the 
stakes. 

Pole, The — The inner portion of the track; 
shortest distance around a track. 

Pole Fence — Fence around the track on the 
inner side. 

Pole, Having the — A horse drawing or win- 
ning the position next to the pole fence is said 
to have the pole. Horses draw for pole and 
position in flrst heat; after that the winner of 
the last heat takes the pole in the next heat; 
the other horses take their positions at the 
right of the pole horse in the order of their 
coming home. 

Post Race, A — Is one for which subscribers 



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declare at the usual time before a race for de- 
claring to start the horse or horses they intend 
to run, without other limitation of choice than 
the rules of racing and the conditions of the 
race prescribe. 

Produce Race, A— Is one for which horses 
are named, by whose produce the race is to be 
run. 

Pulling a Horse — Holding him back. 

Purse— A sum of money or other prize 
olfered for a race. 

Race — Any contest for purse or stake pre- 
mium, or wager for money, or involving ad- 
mission fee on any course, and in the presence 
of judge or judges. 

Race, Thkowlxg a— Giving it, by a foul, to 
another horse. 

Score, The — The order in which horses get 
home in a heat or race. 

Score Card — A card on which to mark the 
relative positions taken by winning horses in 
heat and race. 

Scoring — Getting horses abreast for a start or 
send-otf in a heat. 

Score Horse — A horse designated by the 
starter for all the other horses to score by in 
that heat. No horse must come to the wire for 
a start ahead of the score horse. The score 
horse is only named after contesting drivers, in 
order to secure advantage in the start, have re- 
peatedly prevented a fair send-off. 

Send-off — When the starter gives the word 
' ^ Go ! ' ' at the beginning of a heat, the horses are 
said to have a ' ' send-oft*. ' ' 

Setting Down in Front of — Forcing a 
contestant back by holding up in front of hnn. 

Sponging — Washino^ out horse's mouth. 



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Stake, A — A race open to all complying 
with its published conditions, for which the 
prize is the total amount of money contributed 
by the nominators, all of which belongs to the 
winner or winners, unless otherwise provided 
in the published conditions. 

Steeplechase — A race to see which of a 
number of horsemen can first reach some dis- 
tant object, as a steeple, etc. 

Sweepstakes — Is a race publicly declared 
open to all complying with its conditions, for 
which the prize is the sum of the stakes which 
the subscribers agree to ])ay for each horse 
nominated: and, if an additional sum of money, 
cu}), i)late, or other reward, is offered to the 
winner, the race is still a sweepstakes, what- 
ever name may be given to such addition. 
Three subscribers, unless otherwise stipulated 
in its conditions, make a sweej)stakcs, and the 
race is not void so long as there is a horse 
(jualified to start. 

Sweepstakes OK Match, A Pkivate — Is one 
to which no money is added, and which is not 
publicly advcrtistMl previous to the engagement 
l)eing made. Allowance and extra weights 
shall not be allowed or incurred in respect of 
matches or. private sweepstakes. 

Timers — Persons who take the official time 
of the two forward horses and rei)ort it to the 
judges, who announce it to the spectators. 

Timers' Stand — (See cut.) Stand for tlu' 
timers. 

Tin Cup Record — A time reeord not made 
in a race. 

Walk Over — Where but one of the horses 
entered starts. 

Walk Over, A — Is when two horses in en- 



tirely different interest do not run for race or 
stake. 

{a). Walk over hy any horse entitles him 
to only one-half of the added money in stakes. 

Q)). In purse races two or more horses, in 
entirely different interests, must enter and 
start, or no race. 

''Warming Up'' — Drivino- horses for exer- 
cise before scoring for a heat. 

AViRE — Point of beginning or end of heat or 
race, home. (See cut.) 

The express conditions of a race sui)ersede 
the rules of racinir when there is a conflict. 



TRACKS AND RECORDS. 



Among American horsemen there is much 
discussion as to the relative advantages of kite 
and regulation tracks, and also as to time, or 
''tin cup,'' and race records. On the one hand 
it is claimed that a kite track is the nearest a 
return track can l)e made to a straight mile, 
and that the true time of a horse is the quick- 
est time he can make on a level, straio^ht mile: 
that time records are fail- records for the rea- 
son that the horse always has a fair start at full 
speed and can trot a real mile at the pole, while 
in a race it may be "catch and grab'' from 
the start to the finish; that, for these reasons, 
time records, while a few seconds faster, are 
fairer tests than race records. 

A reasonable conclusion would seem to be 
that, where the principal object is to secure the 



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fastest ono-milo record, it is hest secured by a 
time race upon a kite track: l)ut. where the 
object is to secure a race record and irive sat- 
isfaction to the s])ectators, who are the i)rinci- 
pal patrons of tlie tni'f, or where heats of more 
than a mile are to l)e race(L the re^'idation track 
is by far preferabh'. 

Tliat where one horse upon a kite track is 
only a few seconds faster than another horse 
on a reirulation track, it is unfair to the latter 
to record the time only without statiuii' the 
ti'ack uscil. It is also unftiir to li'ive time rec- 
ords of one horse aLrain>t the race records of 
another without a statement of the kind of 
recor<l. 

Neither kite tracks nor time i-ecords can now 
be abolishiMl, nor nvouM it be fair to the pi-oi:- 
eny of fast sires and dams that the former 
should be deprived of the same advantaires to 
make fast records that the latter have recently 
enjoyed. 

Neither will ren-ulation tracks and race recoi-ds 
l)e abolishecl. and it would be e(|ually unfau" to 
former horses with race records \\\u\\\ reirulation 
tracks only, to have their time compared with 
time records and kite tracks: and therefore the 
reguhition track will continue to exist and re- 
tain its popularity so loni:' as the pe()})le })ay 
their monev to .sw a race. 



Every record hen^after made should show 
upon what kind of a track it was made, and 
whether in a time or race contest. With this 
ruU' adoi)ted all contests and discussions upon 
that subject must naturally die out. 



How 10 Mark Score Cards. 

Wiite the lii,aires of each heat iu the order of the horses' 
coming home, as aunounced by the judges, hi the cohimu of 
the heat trotted, and when any horse has won three heats, 
unless there are ties, tind the totals. To aid in finding totals, 
there has been inserted the followintr 



SPECIMEN SCORE CARD. 

/•//v'.S-y RACE. 
-Class. Purse, $' . 



HORSES. 



Palo Alto. 



2 Allerton. 
I 

3 ;Nelson . . 



4 Stamboul. 

5 iDelmurch. 



♦5 'Axtel 

I 
7 'McKinney 



S Phallas 

y 'Charleston 



Color, 



Br. H 
Br. H. 
B. H.. 
B. H.. 
Br. H. 
B H.. 
B.H.. 
B. H.. 
B. H.. 



Drivers' Colors. 



White 

Blue 

Red 

Orange 

Green 

Black 

White and Black.. 
White and Red. . . . 
Orange and Black. 





HEATS. 


1 


1 
1 


2 

1 


3 

8 


4 5 6 
9 9 1 


o 


3 


1 


3 8 


2 


3 


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To illustrate the above score card: 

Palo Alto has won three heats iu the race (best three in 
live), and is marked 1 iu totals. Of three of the other 
horses, Allerton has a heat, and his next two figures are 2, 2; 
and Nelson has won a heat, and his next two figures are 2, 3; 
and Stamboul has wou a heat, and his next figures are 2, 4. 
Striking off the numbers 1, 2, which each horse has in com- 



28 

mou, and we find AUerton is marked in the total '2, Nelson 
3, and Stambonl 4. 

There were but nine li^rses entered, and in the tive heats 
trotted the five last horses not having won a heat are ruled 
oft' and not allowed to start in the last or sixth heat. The 
sixth heat is trotted in order that one horse (Palo Alto in 
this case) may win three heats and close the race: and when- 
ever any horse wins three heats it ends the race. If instead 
of there being nine or less horses to start there are ten, then 
all the horses would trot to the end without regard to 
whether they had won a heat in five or not. (See rules.) 
If there had been ten horses, then the liorses marked in 
the sixth heat would have trotted and been nnirked what 
they made. The rule of placing horses not winning a heat 
is, the horse having the smallest figure counts ahead of a 
horse not having so small a figure, no matter what the other 
figures are. To illustrate: The smallest figure of horses not 
winning a lieat is 2; but Delmarch and Phallas both have 2, 
so we must look to the next smallest figure of these two 
horses to place them, which are, Deluiarch :^, Phallas 5; so 
Delmarch is marked ahead and Phallas next, without regard 
to any other of their figures. 

Axtel now has the lowest figure, ;^, and is marked next to 
Phallas. The next lowest figure is 4, which both McKinney 
and Charleston have, but McKinney's next figure is 5 and 
Charleston's 0, therefore McKinney is marked ahead of 
Charleston. 



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" P ARKET." 



Score Card. — In this game score cards, sep- 
arate from this book, have been prepared ex- 
pressly for keeping the records of horses in 
heats, races and at tal)h»s. These are abso- 
hitely essential in determining which are the 
winners: Upon the back of these score cards 
are four classes of horses from which the 
racers may be selected. Other horses or bicy- 
clists with records may be used instead. Each 
table playing has its separate score card, which 
must be numbered at the top to corresi)ond 
with the number of the table. 

How to Play It.— "Parket" is a four-hand 
game of cards, and may be played at any num- 
))er of tables. The four aces represent the 
four horses to be ^raced. The players at the 
first table select the horses, and also find which 
aces are to represent the horses selected. 

How to Select the Horses. — The four play- 
ers at the first table cut a pack of cards for 
choice of horses. In cutting, king is always 
high and ace is low; the highest cards have 



IV. 

choice in their order. The first horse chosen 
at the first table determines the ' ' chiss ' ' of 
horses to be used in the race — as, if Monbars 
should be the first horse chosen, the other three 
must be selected from " Class C,'' to which he 
belongs. (See back of score card.) Suppose 
the other three horses chosen are Ral})h 
Wilkes, Geo. St. Clair and Gift O'Neer. To 
find which aces rein-esent these four colts, the 
pack of cards is first well shuffled, and then 
dealt from hand to tal)l(\ faces up, always 
,)hicing one card u[)()n the other. The tirst ace 
found will represent that one of the horses 
chosen for the race that has the fastest record. 
We find (see back of score card. Class C) that 
Monbars' time, 2:16^, is the fastest one of the 
four colts selected, so that the first ace is Mon- 
bars. By the same process we find that the 
second ace found is Hal})!! Wilkes, time 2:ls; 
the third is Geo. St. Clair, time 2:20J: the 
fourth is Gift O'Neer, time 2:24:|. Write the 
name of each horse ()})posite and at the left of 
his ace, and his player's name at the right of it 
on the score card. The pUiyers at the other 
tables, having learned from the first table the 
horses and their aces, proceed to cut for choice 
of the SAME horses. Each player at each table 
writes upon the score card the name of his 
horse at the left of his ace, and his own at 
the right, on the same line. These prelimin- 



aries having been completed, the players are 
ready to start their horses. 

The Race. — The players at each table cut for 
deal, preference always being given to ladies. 

The dealer shuffles the cards well and runs 
them off from his hands to the table, one above 
the other, faces up. As soon as any player 
sees his ace he calls "Ace." It is then taken 
from the pack and ]:)laced by itself, face up, 
))efore the dealer. Each ace drawn is placed 
at the right of the one drawn before it. If 
any player sees any of his other cards in the 
order of 2, 3, 4, etc., he calls them as he sees 
them, and they are placed in that order upon 
his ace until his pack is covered with his king. 
After the dealer has dealt all the cards from 
his hand to the pack upon the table, (except 
such as have been built upon their respective 
aces,) he shuffles the table pack and deals them 
off again, placing the cards in their order 
upon their respective aces, until the pack of 
each ace is covered from duce to king, when, of 
course, there will be no other cards to shuffle 
and deal. The first king so found wins the 
heat for the horsehis ace represents, and so all 
the others in the order of reaching their kings. 
The first ace found is said to have the ' ' pole, ' ' 
and his place is always at the left of the other 
aces. The advantages of having the "pole" 
will become manifest as the play progresses. 



VI, 

If, in dealing the cards to the tal)k', after an 
aee is found, its eards should follow in this or- 
der, 5, 4, 3, 2, as soon at? the 2 is reaehed it 
will be called and placed upon its ace: the o 
can then be placed upon the 2, the -t upon the 
3, and the 5 u})on the 4, and so on back so 
long as the next higher card is exposed at the 
to}) of the pack U})on the table, and this rule of 
taking back ap})lies to every stage of tlie game: 
and any card entith'd to l)e phiyed which shows 
its face upon the top of the tahh- pack will al- 
ways take precedence of any card >till in the 
hands of the dealer even though if the latter 
were dealt it would be entitle(| to be played: 
but such card on the table pack will not lose 
its precedence by being covered by the card in 
the hand if diligence is used Ky tin' player in 
calling the card as it ap})ears. 

It is of the utmost importance to the success 
of any horse that his player shoid<l not let any 
c'.\V(\. that would count for him in the game, 
pass without calling it, and hence the necessity 
of (nich player keeping in mind his next car<l 
and calling it as soon as it appears. And 
where cards are ra])i(lly dealt the utmost vigil- 
ance is rcijuired. 

If, in building ui)on an ace toward its king, 
a card is accidentally omitted, and the next 
higher put in its place and builded upon, when 
the mistake is discovered the omitted card and 



VII. 

all above it are returned to the pack to be 
dealt again. That is called, in race parlance, 
-'setting the horse back for running," and he 
must ))uild again from the last card that was in 
|)ro}K'r ])Osition. 

To Mark the Score. -Mark the horses in each 
of the five heats, when completed, in their 
proper column upon the score card, from the 
top down, 1, 2, 3, -1-, in the order of their 
finding their kings, and put the total standing 
of each in the total cohnnn at the riij^ht. 

To Find the Totals.- If a horse wins three 
heats in lirst tive he nuist l)e 1 in totals, and any 
liorse liaving 1, 1, 4, 4, 4 will take over any 
horse having 1, '2, '1, '1, 2. notwithstanding the 
-nm of the tirst (14) is much larger than the 
sum (II) of the last: so 1, l>, 4, 4, 4 will take 
over 1, 3, 8, 3, 3. although the sum of the last 
is less than the sum of the first. The rule is 
that if any two horses have the same figure, say 
1, the one that has the next lowest, say 2, takes 
from the liorse not having a 2, no matter what 
the otiier ligures may be: or, any horse that 
has a lower figure in the heats than any other, 
takes ahead in the totals, no matter what the 
other figures are. and this a})})lies betw^een any 
horses. This is the rule of the tiu'f. 

These races are the best three in five — that 
is, any horse making three first heats wins the 
race. In a real race, if a horse should take 



VIII. 

the three first heats that would end the race, 
and all the horses entered would l)e given their 
totals according to their winnings in the three 
heats. In this game the live heats are i)layed 
by all the horses, even if one should take 
three successive heats. This is done for the 
purpose of keeping all the i)layers occui)ied 
at all the tal)les, and while one horse may win 
three lirst heats at one tahle, he may not ha\'e 
any at another. 

Each heat is deah hy the phiyei* at the left 
of the last deah-i'. He first (h-aws tlie winning 
ace from the paek and places it l)efore him, 
fyce up, to l)uild upon. That gives such win- 
ner the '-poh','" and all its advantages. .Vfter 
thoroughly slmtlling the cards, he then deals 
them otl', a> di<l the last dealer, the othei' aces 
taking their ))osition at the right of the ••jxtle" 
aee. in the oi'der in which they are dealt fi'om 
the pack. 

As soon as tin- lixc heats are played and 
marked upon the score card, the -• total '" hlank 
is tilled in \\\\< tii'st race in the mamiei- ahoN'c 
<lescril)ed. If a tie oecin"s hetwcen two or more 
horses, they nuist either race again, or it may 
be decided by ruiming off the cards, after 
thoroughly shutting them, when the tirst of 
the tied aces found takes ))osition ahead of the 
second, and so on. 

HaviniT marked the totals of all the horses in 



IX. 

the first race, proceed in the same manner to 
phiy each of the other four races upon the score 
card, marking totals at the end of each race. 
No horse is g'lcen the " pole '' at the beginning 
of a race, but each must take his place as the 
cards are dealt. It is only at the beginning 
of heatsWv^X the winners are given the " pole." 

After the five races are completed, the posi- 
tion of each horse in each race is noted on 
the score card under title of '' Five Race To- 
tals," precisely the same as the heats are 
marked in the '(wk.^ races played. And totals 
of positions in races are marked the same as 
totals of the heats above. If there is found a 
tie in the totals of '(wv races, it is played ott' 
the same as ties in heats, above (leseril)ed. 

Each table phiying, sums u]) its totals of races 
us above described, and then a grand total of 
each horse at all the tables is found and marked 
under title of " 'ra))les and Totals." 

The tal)le giving the winnini:' horse most first 
heats, wins the first prize for his owner at that 
table. The second prize goes to the next win- 
ning horse, and is given under the same rule. 
All ties are settled either by racing again, or 
by running otf the cards as above described, or 
by cutting for first place. 

To Change Partners. — To change partners at 
tables, it is necessary that the ladies at all the 
tables have the same horses as the ladies at the 



X. 

tirst tal)i(': and the ircntkniu'ii the sanu' as the 
irentlcincn at the tirst ta])le. Then, at the end 
of each race, the ladies at eaeh ta))U' may move 
to the next tabh', gentk'men remaininir at the 
same tal)le, in which case the lady who drew 
the winning talde will take the i)rize under the 
al)ove rides, no matter where she may sit at 
the end of the races. In this case one prize 
lioes to the lady of the winning horse at her 
w innini!" tahle, and the other to the irentleman 
of the winnini:" horse at his winnini:* tal)le. 
Tiiis ndc is allo\v«'(| in disrci:-ard to the rules 
of the turf, l)()th as to the choosini:- of horses 
and takinii: of prizes, and is oidy permissi))le 
where the players seek to make ac<|uaintances 
as well a> lo enjoy and win at the race. 



SYNOPSIS OF " PARKET. 



Name the aces of a })ack of cards each after 
a ditferent horse to l)e race(l, shutHe well, and 
deal them upon the tahle faces up. Place the 
aces, when found, each hy itself on the tahle, 
and huild upon them their cards in their order, 
•J, '■), etc., spots, until each ace is covered with 
its kini:-. This may necessitate the shuffling 
and dcalini: of the table pack several times, un- 
til the packs of the four aces are full from duce 
to king. The tirst king reached wins for his 
ace, the others in their order. 



PROGRESSIVE PARKET. 



The same s>riu'ral rulrs govorn as in Par- 
kct. Two ladios at tlic head table eiit for 
ehoiee of horses, and select then). Two gen- 
tlemen then eut and ehoosc. The lirst lady 
writes her name and horse against dia- 
monds, the seeond hidy hers against eluhs: the 
tirst irentleman writes his against hearts, the 
seeond gentlemen his against spades. The red 
cards are partners, and the black cards are part- 
ners. The same horses are written against the 
same aces at all the tables, the ladies selecting 
from the same horses as the tirst table ladies, 
and iientlemen from the same selected by tii'^^t 
tal)le <'-entlemen. Ladies cut for deal at each 
table, and deal all the i)ack e(|ually to the four 
players. Diamonds and hearts assist each 
other to build from ace to king, clubs and 
spades the same. The tirst king found is 
marked 1 on the score card, the others in their 
order. If two or more })layers have in their 
hands the cards that will carry them to their 
kings, the one who lirst plays king, and my.^ 
''king," is marked ahead of those not saying 
''king.'' If two or more play their kings at 



XII, 

the sanu' tinu', the one who says ^'kinu*' takes 
ahead of the others. If two or more kinii's are 
phiyed and called at the same time, the players 
cut or run the cards for position, lentil two 
kings are found the cards are dealt to the four 
players. After two kings are found, if oi)))o- 
nents are out. the cards are (h'ah only to the 
remaining opponents, until one of them tinds 
the king: he is then marked M and the otlier 4. 
If two partners are the tirst out. then the heat 
is ended, and of the other two the one nearest 
out is mai'ked ;;, th«' other 4. If the two last 
partners arr a ti«'. they cut or run oil' for po- 
sition, for julrflKfs in t'rf J>lin/ il(/il//ist rtlch 
ntJn r. 

To Change Partners at Heats. Wiit-n the iir>t 

tahle ha> t'oinid all tlic kings tlir hell rings, and 
all cease playing. The wiiuicr of tlic heat at 
tile tirst table j)asse> to the second tal»le. mov- 
ing each player of the same hoi'>e one tahle in 
ad\ance. the player at the la>t tahle taking the 
tii'st tahle, the same heing repeat*'*! at th*' *'nd 
of ea*-h h*'at. \\ imu'rs of heats, hut not of 
races, ar*' (ji r> n th*- pol*'. 

To Change Partners at the End of Races, In- 
stead of Heats. -This is done the same as in 
heats, except that th*' play*'rs of th*' horses 
marked 1 an*l ^1 both advance one tahl*', inst*'ad 
of only 1, as in heats. 

The totals of heats, races and tables are found 



XIII. 

the same as in Tarket. One prize is won by 
the fastest horse selected by the kdies, and is 
awarded to the lady whose name appears upon 
the score card at the table giving the winner 
the most first heats. The other prize is won 
])y the fastest horse selected l)y the gentlemen, 
and is awarded under the same rule. 



PARKRTSGORR CARD. 



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TABLES AND TOTALS 


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Copyright, lg92, by Edwin A. Burlingame. All rights reserved 



Printed and for sale by PARKET COMPANY, Grand Rapids 
Mich. 



CLASS A. 



COLOR 



Br. H. 
Br. H. 
B. H. 
B. H. 
Br. H. 
B. H. 
B. H. 
B. H. 
Br. H. 
B. H. 



HORSE 


TIME 


Palo Alto 


2:()8-'4 


Allerton 


2:0914 


Nelson 


2:t0 


Stamboul .... 


2:11 


Delmarch 


2:lU/2 


Axtel 


2:12 


Mc Kinney 


2:12'2 


Phallas 


2:13^4 


Patron 


2:1414 


Charleston 


2:15 



CLASS B. 



S. M. 
B. M. 
B. M. 
Bl G. 
B. M. 
B. M. 
B. G. 
B. G. 



HORSE 



Maud S... 

Sunol 

Nancy Hanks. 

Guy 

Mary Marshall 

Margaret S 

Clingstone 

Arab 



2:08?i 

2:08i4 

2:09 

2:103^ 

2:l2i; 



2:13 
2:14 
2:15 



CLASS C, 



:OLTS 



B. H. 
Br, H. 
Br. H. 
B. H. 
Ch. H. 



Arion 

Monbars 

Ralph Wilkes. 
Geo. St. Clair. 
Gift O'Neer.... 



2:10?i 

2:161/2 

2:18 

2:20^4 

2:24¥ 



CLASS D.-PACERS. 



Bl. H. 
B. G. 
D. G. 

B. M. 
G. H. 

C. H- 
B. M. 



Direct 

Johnston 

Hal Pointer 

Cricket 

Manager 

RfdBell 

Yolo Maid . 



2:00 

2:0014 

2:09^4 

2:10 

2:1114 

2:1114 

2:12 



For further records see " Dikeman's Standard Records of Amer- 
ican Horses," compiled by E. B. Dikeman. Published by S. K. 
Bolies & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 



PRICE LIST OF PARKET, THE HORSEMAN'S HANDBOOK. 

List Price— Flexible Clolh Cover * .50 

Paper Cover 25 

Address. PARKET COMPANY. 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 



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